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We agree wholeheartedly with tete
Mount Forest. Town Council in its con-
cern about the cutting of trees along its
streets. Most towns in this area have
suffered over the years from the indis-
criminate felling of trees which have
taken, perhaps, a century or more to
provide us with an irreplaceable set-
ting of natural beauty.
Obviously some trees cannot be
saved. Old age and the encroachments
of paved areas over their roots can
leave trees in such weakened condition
that they become a hazard which must
be removed. However, in too many
cases sound and healthy trees have
been 'removed simply because they in-
terfered with telephone or electrical
lines, and even more frequently be-
cause a nearby householder has asked
to have a tree cut down.
Felling a big tree and disposing of
its limbs, trunk and stump has become
a costly operation. In many cases a
great deal of money could be saved, as
well as the tree itself, by proper prun-
ing methods — and we are leff to
wonder whether the people who make
the final decision about the fate of our
trees are sufficiently trained to differ-
entiate between treatable maladies
and terminal rot.
The trees in a community like ours
are not just the property of the town or
a private landowner. They are the
treasured legacy of a generation of
early residents who recognized the
need to relieve the bare and ugly ap-
pearance
of a newly -cleared townslte.
Trees, whether in your own yard, on
the edge of the street allowance or
across the next block are a part of the
community we love. Le's treat them
with the respect clueir:oxold and valued
friends.
This is free enterprise?
it seems that some of Ontario's
lawyers are upset about the number of
young people graduating from law
schools and entering the profession.
The practisinlawyers have set up a
study aimed at etermining whether or
not limitations hould be set on the
number of law students which can be
accepted for training. In other words,
too much competition for business
MISTRAL'S DAUGHTER by'
Judith Krantz
This novel is one of Judith
Krantz's finest. It covers
decades of eventful, richly
detailed drama as the story
progresses from the glorious
Campaign was
well -supported
Dear Editor,
In addition to our ex-
pression of appreciation to
Henry Hess printed in last
Week's edition of The Ad-
vance -Times, we would like
to thank your readers for
supporting our fundraising
campaign in 1982. It may be
of interest' to you to know
that, as of Dec. 31, donations
received totaled $28,001.45.
Even though the campaign
itself is drawing to a close,
donations are gratefully
received at any time, and
are always recognized with a
tax -deductible -charitable re-
ceipt.
Thank you again for your
support.
might do some nasty things to the
existing structure.
We doubt that many lawyers are in
favor of this totally undemocratic ap-
proach to an economic problem. Those
who do see a need for limitations on
competition are scarcely in line with
the concepts of free enterprise and
justice for a11, which should be the
watchword of their profession.
Disturbing allegations
Thousands of Canadians across the
land have been quietly contributing,
some for many years, to a charity
which, they were told, brought direct
and badly -needed aid to Third World
countries. They are the people who
have supported children abroad
through the Foster Parents Plan of
Canada. Their contributions, according.
to the literature provided by FPPC,
provide assistance not only for individ-
ual children, but to the entire family
and in some cases to the community in
which the family lives.
There was a disturbing interview
on CTV's Canada AM program last
week in which a spokesman for one of
the United Church's publications (not
The Observer) stated that the plan does
not deserve support for several rea-
sons. The first was, according to the
spokesman, that the child beneficiary
and hislamily are often targets of envy
in their villages because they have so
much more than their neighbors. This
man also stated that these fortunate
youngsters often try to utilize their
new-found foster parents asa means of
seeking admission to Canada on immi-
grant bases.
Asked by the interviewer why,
since the plan is so ill -administered,
The United Church Observer still car=
ries an advertisement for the Foster
Parents PI , the spokesman replied
that °the "�advert'isement is a source of
revenue for the publication.
This man claims That he has per-
sonally visited many countries in which
the plan 1s operative and has based his
conclusions on first-hand observation.
The program which aired this in-
terview has a vast audience across the
entire country, so there is no doubt that
many foster parents have been left
wondering whether they are spending
their money wisely or perhaps even in-
juriously. Such foster parents have
long been assured that their money was
being used in an extremely effective
way.
The allegations are so damaging
that the United Church is morally
obliged to either substantiater deny
them. And further, an indipendent
body with experience in the `field of
foreign aid should be asked to clarify
the entire situation for participants in
the Foster Parents Plan.
_deer up .. . all is v!4
Prime Minister- Trudeau's NeW, ance of small businesses which happen
to employ a mere 80 per cent of the
Canadian work force.
Peter C. Newman, former, editor of
Macleans and a brilliant Student of the
Canadian economy, said the following
last week in a Maclean's feature arti-
cle:
Year's message • to Canadians had a
hollow ring. It wasall about optimism, '
good cheer, we're going to win, we live
in a great land, etc.,. etc.
Well, it's true. We do live in a great
land. Most of us are, indeed mil-
lionaires by comparison with the
people of El Salvador or Sierra Leone.
Most of us. Those with jobs, particular-
ly if we happen to be NHL stars or
prime ministers are doing all right. But
more than a million and a half Can-
adians who don't have jobs and whose
unemployment insurance is fast run-
ning out don't really think this land is
so great. We can't imagine the
out-pf-work miners in Sudbury stand-
ing up to cheer when Mr. Trudeau con-
cluded his heartening address.
All the blame for all our ills cannot
be laid at the door of one government,
but Canadians will be a long time for-
getting that the most unavoidable
causes, of disastrous inflation and
economic collapse where those mea-
sures initiated by the federal auth-
orities. High interest rates, the bale of
straws that finally broke the camel of
our economy, were, after all, dictated
every Thursday afternoon by Mr.
Gerald Bouey of the Bank of Canada.
The crippling price of fuels for trans-
portation and home heating oil were
not set by the oil companies under the
pressure of competition. They were
ordered by government, bolstered by
federal and provincial taxes._ The post
office, a money -loser from time im-
memorial, couldn't wait for an upturn
in the economy before all but doubling
its rates. There was federal money for
saying busi iesses — if they were big
enough; but very little for the assist -
/1
"1982 will go into the economic his-
tory books as the year the Bank of
Canada stopped pretending it could
manage the country's monetary af-
fairs. Gov. Gerald Bouey is clearly out
of his depth and should be put out of his
professional misery as soon as pos-
sible. Caught in the time warp of
fighting yesterday's economic battles,
the central banker and his dispirited
crew have managed to make the worst
of a bad situation.
"They richly deserve to be award-
ed the Allan J. MacEacheb Memorial
Trophy for Economic Mismanage-
ment."
Untold, billions of Canada's busi-
ness (jollars are handled by this coun-
try's "306 crown corporations, com-
panies which have all the protection of
public funding without the requirement
to open their books to public scrutiny.
,dada Post joined the ranks of the
cro n corporations last year, so pro-
tests in Parliament about its operations
and rates are no longer admissible.
Now it appears probable that Can-
adian farmers will hand over the
operation of their export markets to yet
another corporation of the crown to be
knov'n as Canagrex, the unborn but al-
ready favored son of Eugene Whelan.
Apparently the farmers have forgotten
that Essau sold his birthright for a
mess of pottage.
Huron schools have stuck to basics
The Ontario Minister of
Education's response to the
Secondary Education Re-
view Project (SERI)) will
result in few changes in
Huron County.
Dr. Bette Stephenson's re-
sponse, entitled "The Re-
newal of Secondary Educa-
tion in Ontario", covers
many aspects of secondary
education with the main
focus on the credit system,
curriculum and the school's
role in. -preparing students
for the employment market.
The review .project was
established early in,1980,and'
reported to the Minister of
Education in the fall of 1981.
In May of 198 a discussion
paper was circulated
throughout the province.
Prior to .the release of the
paper 600 written ,submis-
sions were received.
Following publication of
the paper, 2,400 submissions
in the form of letters and
briefs and 2,000 signed form
letters or petitions were sent
to the review group. These
submissions came from
school boards, parents and
educators.
Parts of the new program
willbe implemented in Sep-
tember of J,984' with other
sections to be implemented
on a continuing basis.
The most prominent
change will be to increase.
the number of compulsory
credit courses from nine to
16 and the change in the
graduation diplomas.
Starting in September of
1984, grade nine students will
be studying for a 30 -credit
diploma named the Ontario
Secondary School diploma.
This diploma will replace the
two now given, the Sec-
ondary School Graduation
diploma which is awarded
after a student has success-
fully finished 27 credits and
the Secondary School Honor
Graduation diploma pre-
sented to those students
passing six honor ( more
commonly known as Grade
13) courses.
This doesn't mean Grade
13 is to be abolished. It will
become provincially -design-
ed Ontario Academic
Courses. These will provide
university entrance courses
common in every secondary
chool across the province.
Such courses as mathe-
matics and science are now
being developed by the
Ministry with the co -opera -
ion of representatives of
niversities and colleges.
Other courses such as Eng-
ish will be developed in the
ear future. The Ministry
has stated Ontario Academic
Courses may be used as
redits toward the Secon-
ary School diploma or
tudied after the diploma has
been received.
The number of credits
eeded for the Secondary
chool diploma is 30.
Previously 27 credits were
eguired for a diploma after
rade 12. The number of
ompulsory credits has also
been increased from nine to
6.
Compulsory creditsdude five English credits,
two mathematics credits,.
two science credits and one
each in French, geography,
history, . social sciences,
physical and health educa-
tion, arts alid business ,or
technological studies.
Huron Board of Educa-
tion's superintendent of pro-
gram, Robert McCall said,:
"Secondary education in
Huron County has never
deviated from an emphasis
on baste skills.';
He say e; schools in
larger popuw�yl'ad' areas may
. have strayed from -bask.
skills to courses that aren't
always considered neces-
sary, that hasn't been the
case in Huron. •
Mr. McCall doesn't see the
increase in credits needed
for a diploma as posing an
"undue hardship on stu-
dents".
"In our secondary schools,
the average number of
credits achieved per year
has been 7.5, which after four
years results in 30 credits."
Emphasizing the need for
schools to provide a "basic
education", 'Mr. McCall says
this should not be confused
with specialization in a
particular trade or profes-
sion. As an example he says
an Ontario Secondary School
diploma does not make a stu-
dent a machinist, mechanic
or a mathematician:
"The key is basic educa-
tion," says Mr. McCall, not-
ing secondary education
may lead to apprenticeship
programs or to university or
college.
If for some reason a stu-
dent is unable to get enough
credits for a diploma, the
Ministry has announced a
provincial certificate will be
available upon request for
those students who complete
15 compulsory courses.
These compulsory courses
include two English courses,
two mathematics courses,
one each in French, science,
geography, history, physical
and health education and six
"other courses.
The review recommenda-
tion that courses be offered
at three levels of difficulty
has been accepted by the
Ministry. These three levels
of difficulty are general,
basic and advanced and are
along the same lines as the
previous two-year, four-year
and five-year programs, but
are to be applicable to each
course.
In the Minister's response
to the education review, Dr.
Stephenson states the
general -level course "will be
designed to prepare students ,
for citizenship, for employ-
ment, for continuous lear-
ning and for enjoyment and
the practice of the arts."
"The thrust here will be
with 'respect to employ-
ability skills," says Mr.
McCall.
Basic • level courses will
focus, on -the development of
fundamental, ' personal
skills, particularly those in-
volving communications.
Advanced level courses
take in aspects of both
general and basic levels but
the target is to prepare stu-
dents for post -secondary
education.
These three levels of
courses will be offered where
appropriate, Mr. McCall
states. •
• Another aspect of the
Ministry's response to the
review report is the consoli-
dation of curriculum guide-
lines from grade "seven to
Grade 13. Now there are
guidelines for Grades 7 and 8i
and guidelines for Grades 9
to 13.
"The consolidation of
guidelines from Grade 7 to
12 -OAC is indeed a sensible
move," Mr. McCall said.
To ensure consistency
across the province, recoire-
ments for each course will be
stated in the guidelines.
Computers or micro -tech-
nology will also be -playing a
role in secondary education
in the future and the Minis-
try of Education, said MY
McCall, is starting to show
leadership in this regard.
"We. (school board) are
charged with the responsi-
bility of establishing policies
and procedures in this area
to ensure that the best use is
made of this technology in
our school system," says Mr.
McCall.
To date in-service training
for 113 elementary and sec-
ondary school teachers on
how to use computers has
been provided. More in-serv-
ice training is expected
daring the next two years.
Changes in diploma re-
quirements and the fact the
Ministry is keeping the
credit definition of a mimi-
mum of 110 hours lends itself
to semestered schools.
In Huron there is only one
semestered secondary
school, Seaforth District
High School. Mr. McCall
doesn't anticipate all sec-
ondary schools in the county.
will be changing to the
semestered system.
School boards will imple-
thent the new diplomas and
the credit changes in 'Sep-
tember 1984. The board's
policy on curriculum guide-
lines will be prepared in the
coming years and other
changes instituted by the
Minister's response to the
report will be carried out by
the board as it is informed by
the Ministry.
"Schools should reflect the
best: that society . is en-
deavoring to achieve and at
the same time should lead
society in terms of instilling
in their studeritsa"desire to
improve the quality of life
for all mankind," states Mr.
McCail.
Beverley A. Brown
Board Chairman
Town & Country
Homemakers
Looking for copy
of Farrish book
Dear Editor,
Could anyone please help
me? 1 want a book, Now and
Then, vvritten by, Elmer
Farrish of Gorrie.
It was advertised' in the
Especially for Seniors and I
'sent a cheque for it, but
received a notice of Mr.
Farrish's death and that the
books were sold out.
I would very much like a
copy of it, as my grandfather
and my father lived in
Wroxeter in the 1800s and my
father went to school there.
It. would be valuable in our
family history:
- We visited the country
surrounding Wroxeter when
my father was 80, and
wondered why the family
moved north.
I would very much like to
get a copy if available at. all.
Frances .Grasley
3859 Queen St. E.
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario P'8A-5K9.
Belmore Persdnals.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Renwick were Linda
and Bob Reid of Leamington,
Gail Renwick and Bob
Tanner of Petrolia.
Mrs. Kate Renwick spent a
few days with Mr. and- Mrs.
Ken Dettman.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Inglis
and family visited with
relatives in Creemore on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ament
of Gowanstown visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Renwick
1
and family.
Christmas Day visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Darling, Harvey and Lois
were Mr. and Mrs. John
Tyler of St. Marys, Isabel
Darling, Terry and Beverly
Ballagh of Kitchener, Eileen
Darling of Stratford, Mt�> and
Mrs. Lloyd Morrison " of
Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Carter and Grace of London,
Doug Carter of Toronto and
Tom Darling.
party of the 1920s through
World War II up to the
present. Once again the
author weaves her magic
spell ; she captures the
feverish, sparkling world of
fashion modeling and
penetrates the intrigues of a
great artist and his circle.
From Paris to . Manhattan,
from Rome to Provence,
Maggie, Teddy and Fauve ---
the superb Lunel women —
move independently and
forcefully, loved by many
men yet forever joined to one
man: the monumental Julien
Mistral.
SILVER SHORES by Yvon-
ne Kalman
Born into the precarious
wealth of a shipping family,
the fiercely independent
May Yardley finds that she
has almost met her match in
the rigid dictates of Vic-
torian society — but not
quite. In her quest for self
expression, she survives
devastating personal
tragedies and, seeking
refuge in a passionate if
shocking love for a member
of the native Maori tribe, she
makes for herself a life that
she can truly call her own.
Here is an intricately
detailed tale of love and
courage, full of rich histori-
cal detail and mesmerizingly
beautiful scenes from New
Zealand's silver shores,
evoked by a resident of that
cy.
BULountrLION by John Gold- ,
smith
It was probal* the
greatest private hoard of
gold in the world, two
thousand.tons of bullion lying
in a vault in Zurich. And it
had to be sold. The Greek
who owned the gold had
'come to believe he, was
'cursed by it; .the American
underworld 'which /had ac-
cepted it as security for a
loan wanted its money back.
Yet its sale .,on" the open
market would cause the
price of gold to plummet and
precipitate a global financial
crisis. Two men were
separately commissioned to
achieve 'the virtually MI
possible: sell- the gold to
private .investors in total
secrecy. Both recognized the
Greek gold was an op-
portunity to make millions,
but neither knew it was a
two -horse race; nor did they
realize there was an even
more ruthless and powerful
force to contend with: a
major international bank,
controlled by men who saw a
chance. to manipulate the
greatest market 'fix of the
century,. the Gold .Rush of
1979. The price 'of gold
doubled in under three
weeks. It was an event as
sensational as the Wall
Street Crash, and even now
experts are debating what
caused it. In a blend of fact
and fiction, Bullion tells the
story. -
NEW YEAR'S LEVEE—Councillor Jack Kopas of
Wingham made the rounds at the Mayor's Levee held
New Year's Day at the Wingham Golf and Curling Clti'b.
Mr. Kopas welcomed Mark Tiffin of Toronto to the
levee, his' mother Audrey of Wingham and Florence
Reavie, els() of Wingham. Marilyn Kopas was in the
receiving line with her husband,